Research Article

Maternal High-Fat Diet during Pregnancy and Lactation Influences Obestatin and Ghrelin Concentrations in Milk and Plasma of Wistar Rat Dams and Their Offspring

Table 2

Body weight, blood glucose, and plasma triglycerides in rat dams (a) and neonates (b).
(a)

MatingPregnancyLactation
First d14th  d14th d21st d
BDHFBDHFBDHFBDHF

Body weight (g)246 ± 12224 ± 6280 ± 14259 ± 8285 ± 17253 ± 6283 ± 19253 ± 6
Blood glucose (mmol/L)7.38 ± 0.18.27 ± 0.126.88 ± 0.387.16 ± 0.1111.44 ± 0.618.61 ± 0.6111.33 ± 1.339.88 ± 0.72
Plasma triglycerides (mmol/L)1.1 ± 0.10.8 ± 0.12.7 ± 0.33.2 ± 0.81.0 ± 0.12.9 ± 0.51.3 ± 0.12.8 ± 0.5

BD: females fed with standard breeding diet during pregnancy and lactation; HF: females fed with high-fat diet during pregnancy and lactation. Data are expressed as means ± SEM. Statistical differences between days within BD treatment. Statistical differences between days within HF treatment. Statistical differences between BD and HF group (, , ).
(b)

First  d14th d21st d
BDOHFOBDOHFOBDOHFO

Body weight (g)6.2 ± 0.25.9 ± 0.2522 ± 0.327 ± 0.337 ± 1.345 ± 1.1
Blood glucose (mmol/L)4.3 ± 0.64.1 ± 0.47.8 ± 0.47.4 ± 0.69.4 ± 1.29.9 ± 2.0
Plasma triglycerides (mmol/L)1.7 ± 0.21.0 ± 0.30.6 ± 0.12.1 ± 0.22.3 ± 0.44.8 ± 0.8

BDO: rat neonates from females fed with standard breeding diet during pregnancy and lactation; HFO: rat neonates from females fed with high-fat diet during pregnancy and lactation. Data are expressed as means ± SEM. Statistical differences between days within BDO treatment. Statistical differences between days within HFO treatment. Statistical differences between BDO and HFO group (, , ).